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Articles - April - 2024 Issue

Four New Catalogues Reviewed

- by Michael Stillman

This month we are reviewing four new catalogues from booksellers. The 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop presents a catalogue of “Magnificent Books, Manuscripts & Photographs.” It lives up to its title, with names such as Shakespeare, Lincoln, Darwin and Freud scattered through its pages. Stuart Lutz Historic Autographs offers material containing the “John Hancocks” of many people famous and obscure, John Hancock included. Mark Funke Bookseller presents six science fiction archives. Zephyr Used & Rare Books features world's fairs and expositions.

 

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  • <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>These are the Times that Try Men's Souls. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$152,900. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>The First Printed Work on Political Economy. Sold for US$127,000. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>Signed Lincoln Photograph with Son Tad. Sold for US$76,700. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>First Expanded Edition of Common Sense. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$76,700. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>Presentation Copy of Hemmingway's First Book. Sold for US$70,350. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>St. John's Gospel on Vellum, A Fragment in Greek, 5th Century. Sold for US$70,350. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>Only A Handful of Surviving Copies. Joyce, James. Ulysses. Sold for US$58,880. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>A Pivotal Step in Einstein's Development of General Relativity. Sold for US$51,200. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sold for US$56,320. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>Joyce's Annotated Typescript Draft for Finnegan's Wake. Sold for US$48,640. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>One of 30 Pre-Publication Copies, Inscribed by Hemingway to Spencer Tracy, Who Played "The Old Man". Sold for US$83,050.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    These are the Times that Try Men's Souls. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$152,900.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    The First Printed Work on Political Economy. Sold for US$127,000.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    Signed Lincoln Photograph with Son Tad. Sold for US$76,700.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    First Expanded Edition of Common Sense. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$76,700.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    Presentation Copy of Hemmingway's First Book. Sold for US$70,350.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    St. John's Gospel on Vellum, A Fragment in Greek, 5th Century. Sold for US$70,350.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    Only A Handful of Surviving Copies. Joyce, James. Ulysses. Sold for US$58,880.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    A Pivotal Step in Einstein's Development of General Relativity. Sold for US$51,200.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sold for US$56,320.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    Joyce's Annotated Typescript Draft for Finnegan's Wake. Sold for US$48,640.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    One of 30 Pre-Publication Copies, Inscribed by Hemingway to Spencer Tracy, Who Played "The Old Man". Sold for US$83,050.
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD

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